Name of Vessel:

[unknown]

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

3 April 1777

Place of Capture:

Off Martinique, French West Indies

Captor:

HM Frigate Seaford

Home Port:

Martinique, French West Indies

From What Port:

Martinique, French West Indies

To What Port:

America

Cargo:

Molasses, rum, wine

Tonnage:

25

Battery:

Crew:

8

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Dominica, British West Indies

Into What Port:

Dominica. British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: This unidentified 25-ton schooner sailed from Martinique, French West Indies, where she was owned, on 2 April 1777, bound for America with a cargo of molasses, rum and wine. She was captured the next day by HM Frigate Seaford, off Martinique. Her eight man crew was removed and she was sent into Dominica, British West Indies.

[NDAR, VIII, 490-491]